List of largest employers in India
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The largest employers in India include companies, the military, railway and the government. To keep the list manageable in length, only those companies/employers which have at least 100,000 employees are included in the list.[1][2]
Largest employers[edit]
Both private and public companies are included in this list.
| Rank | Employer | Employees | Year | Industry | Country | References[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian Armed Forces | 1,400,000 | 2021 | Defence | India | [1][4][5] |
| 2 | Indian Railways | 1,212,882 | 2022 | Transportation | India | [1][6][7] |
| 3 | Paramilitary forces of India | 1,065,000 | 2021 | Defence | India | [1][4][5] |
| 4 | Tata Group | 1,028,000 | 2023 | Conglomerate | India | [1][4][5][8] |
| 5 | QUESS Corp | 567,000 | 2024 | Services | India | [1] |
| 6 | India Post | 416,083 | 2021 | Communications | India | [1][4][5] |
| 7 | Reliance Industries | 389,414 | 2023 | Conglomerate | India | [9][10] |
| 8 | Infosys | 317,240 | 2024 | IT | India | [1][4][5] |
| 9 | Accenture | 300,000 | 2022 | IT | Ireland | [11] |
| 10 | Cognizant | 250,000 | 2024 | IT | United States | [12] |
| 11 | Coal India | 248,550 | 2022 | Coal mining | India | [13][9] |
| 12 | State Bank of India | 245,642 | 2021 | Banking | India | [1][4][5] |
| 13 | Wipro | 231,671 | 2021 | IT | India | [1][4][5] |
| 14 | HCL | 208,877 | 2022 | IT | India | [1][4][5] |
| 15 | Aditya Birla Group | 187,000 | 2023 | Conglomerate | India | |
| 16 | HDFC Bank | 177,000 | 2023 | Banking | India | [14] |
| 17 | Capgemini | 175,000 | 2024 | IT | France | [15] |
| 18 | IBM | 145,000 | 2012 | IT | United States | [16] |
| 19 | ICICI Bank | 130,542 | 2022 | Banking | India | |
| 20 | Tech Mahindra | 125,000 | 2021 | IT | India | [17] |
| 21 | Life Insurance Corporation of India | 114,000 | 2021 | Insurance | India | [1][4][5] |
| 22 | Punjab National Bank | 103,000 | 2021 | Banking | India | |
| 23 | Deloitte | 95,000 | 2022 | Professional services | United Kingdom |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Banerjee, Ankita (Dec 15, 2016). "These Are The Biggest Employers In India". OfficeChai.
- ^ "India's eight biggest employers". The Economic Times.
- ^ "The World's Biggest Employers". Forbes. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "India's eight biggest employers". The Economic Times.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Top Companies In India: Top Companies in India by Employee Cost, Top BSE Companies by Employee Cost, Top BSE Companies". www.moneycontrol.com.
- ^ "Sahara Group says no layoffs; gives salary hikes, promotions to employees despite COVID pressure". The Economic Times. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Sahara India says not laying off any worker". 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Number of employees at Tata Consultancy Services 2005-2021".
- ^ a b "Companies ranked by number of employees". CompaniesMarketCap.com. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Reliance Industries: Number of employees 2021".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Accenture's India employee strength rises to 3 lakh". The Times of India. April 2022.
- ^ "Cognizant's workforce reduces by 7,600 in 2023; 4,500 cut in India". Business Standard. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Coal India - number of employees 2021".
- ^ Bank, HDFC. "HDFC Bank-HDFC Merger". ndtv.com.
- ^ "Capgemini India billed more with lesser employees". The Times of India. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "If Cognizant is Indian, so are IBM and Accenture". TOI. 29 August 2012.
- ^ "Tech Mahindra: number of employees 2020". Statista.